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"Would you like to go out with me tonight?" He said it casually while they were in the break room.
Violet, her back to him, stiffened. They had spent one night together. One magical, okay not so magical as it had been on her couch in her office, but still, a night together. Then. Then, he had run after Meg. They were kissing. Meg came in and he had run after her. Leaving Violet by herself.
"What about Meg?" She turned around and asked him.
"Over," was all Pete said.
"Over?"
"Are you going to repeat everything I say?"
"No, no, I was just wondering..." She finally stammered out
"So, do you wanna go out with me?" He asked her again.
"I don't know. I mean, there was the thing between us, and then there was the thing with Meg..."
Violet didn't know if she wanted to get into a "thing" with Pete. He usually went for bimbos with the exception of Meg. Violet was lonely, she was neurotic, and she was vulnerable.
"The thing with Meg is over. She and I didn't fit. She hated it here and would have come to hate me too, if she had stayed. We just weren't right with each other. So, she left. She left mad, but she left. Now, I'd like to see if you and I would work."
Violet didn't know what to think for a minute. Meg, gone. Pete, single and wanting to date her. Pete was a hound dog. Pete would probably break her heart and then where would she be? Broken hearted and having to work with the heart breaker. She just didn't know so she kept silent.
"Well?" He asked her.
"Pete, you're a heartbreaker. You go after bimbos. I'm not a bimbo, I'm just a lonely woman who you spent one night with," She had sadness in her voice. "Just leave me alone. Yes, I enjoyed our night together, but for now, just leave me alone."
"But, Vi, just listen. Just hear me out." He was pleading.
"What could you say that I don't already know? You cheated on Meg, with me. You date bimbos. You don't date women like me. I'm neurotic. I'm a lot of work. I'm not just going to be that girl you go with because you have no one else."
"It's not like that. Really, it's not."
"Then what is it like?"
He took a deep breath, "Listen to me, Vi. I never really looked at you until that night. I mean I looked at you and noticed you and stuff, but I never really looked at you. And then I saw you and no one else could compare. Yes, I've not been the most discerning when it came to my choice in women. And, yes, I did cheat on Meg, but it was with you. I care about you. I want to be with you and I'm trying to do that. So, just give me a chance. Let me take you out."
Again, Violet didn't know what to think. Her hand automatically went up to twirl her hair while she thought about it. Leaving him in impatience. He said he wanted to be with her. That no one could compare with her. Those thoughts drove her to move her feet and walk closer to him. He took a step closer to her. They were so close, they were almost touching. He leaned in first. She took the hint and leaned closer to him. Their lips met and the "thing" between them ignited. His hands were every where. Stroking her back, reaching down to squeeze her butt, sweeping up her sides to message her breasts. Everywhere.
"Hey, Vi, can you look at..." Cooper pushed in the room his attention on a case file in front of him. They quickly pushed apart panting.
"I thought you were joking!" He shouted. "You and Pete? You weren't joking!"
"Coop. Um... " She stammered, still out of breath.
"What's going on?" Addison burst in the room. "I heard shouting."
"They. They were. They were..." Cooper pointed in disbelief at the couple. The couple he had just seen kissing.
"Okay, Coop, complete sentences please," Addison said, as the rest of the office came bursting through the door.
"What happened? Why was Cooper shouting?" Naomi asked.
"It's nothing guys, right, Cooper?" Pete said through clenched teeth. He didn't want the whole office to know what was going on, not yet at least.
"Yeah, it was nothing, right Cooper?" Violet agreed. "Come on Coop let's go to my office and we'll discuss why you were shouting."
She led him through the door heading to her office with dragging Cooper by the arm in her wake.
"Vi," Pete called after her, "What about that question I asked you?"
"Yes," She said with a smile.
